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Bean E-books and CD's (none / 0) (#3)
by Anonymous User on Thu Feb 19, 2004 at 11:09:33 AM PDT

I am also a loyal Bean reader, and I love the way they handle E-books. I have found new authors I would never have read beacuse of their putting books in the free library, and also find myself reading the dead tree version because I *gasp* LIKE to read a book on paper. Now don't think Jim Bean decided to do this out of the kindness of his heart...I'll quote the back of one of the Hard cover's with a CD containing approx. 40..yes FOURTY..e-books..for FREE mwahahahaha: "WARNING! inside you will find a CD ROM that contains over 40 full-length novels, with no encryptions or other schemes to make you feel dumb and incompetent. you can just click on a title and read it or print it out. I gets worse; there are also pictures, short storie, a wargame, and other tasty items. BUT BE VERY WARY. The publisher did not provide this out of the goodness of his heart, if he even has a heart. He figures you will start reading many of the genuinley first-rate novels provided herin, and discover that you really don't want to continue reading on a computer screen. So what will you do? There are seven million words here, so its pretty likely you will stop reading, and since the accompanying artwork is very memorable and can be found on the cover of the associated novel, he thinks it is likely that you will notice it the next time you see it in a bookstore-and Buy the book! could there be a more dastardly and nefarious scheme for increasing profits? Just remember: you have been warned." A Publisher with a sense of humor about himself and the idea on how to use E-books RIGHT...what is the world coming to?



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